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Court Orders Interim Forfeiture Of $376m Traced To Major General Hakeem Otiki.

                       Major General Hakeem Otiki

The Federal High Court, Abuja on Wednesday ordered an interim forfeiture of $376,120 allegedly connected to Major General Hakeem Otiki. This followed an ex parte application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu ordered the commission to publish the court order in a national daily to enable anyone interested in the money to appear and show cause why it should not be permanently forfeited to the Federal Government. The judge gave any interested person 14 days from the date of publication to show cause.
She then adjourned till February 24 for hearing. Otiki is facing charges before the Army court martial in respect of the funds. The EFCC alleged that Otiki detailed some soldiers to provide escort from Sokoto to Kaduna for one Alhaji Ado Aliyu, a bureau de change operator, but the five soldiers absconded with a large amount of cash.
The authority said the money was suspected to be proceeds of unlawful  activities. Aliyu was also said to be helping Otiki to run a bureau de change company Karama BDC Nigeria Ltd.

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